Bannerghatta Road ashram, Bangalore.  (4:06 minutes)

Early film of Shivabalayogi and the first ashram on Bannerghatta Road in Bangalore, India. This ashram was inaugurated on August 7, 1963, and served as the main ashram until the International Centre was inaugurated at the J.P. Nagar (district) of Bangalore on August 7, 1977.

As with so many films and videos of Shivabalayogi, one sees many people in bhava samadhi (spiritual trance), particularly during bhajans (spiritual song). Devotees recall that the intensity of the bhava samadhi during bhajans was so great that visitors would pass into trance while still kilometers away.

It was at the Bannerghatta Road ashram that Shri Swamiji sat in tapas (meditation in samadhi) for one year for world peace.

The bhajan on the soundtrack, "Om Namah Shivaya, Shivaya Namah Om" was recorded at the Bangalore ashram in 1991.

Sambhar Lake in Rajastan, India.  (1:47 minutes)

Early film of Shivabalayogi at Sambhar Lake in Rajastan, India.  The Shivabalayogi ashram in Sambhar Lake was inaugurated on August 7, 1966.  It is a place where Shri Swamiji often praised devotees for the devotion with which they sing bhajans (spiritual song).

The scenes include taking the small gauge motor train that runs by the salt lake where water is sun-dried in pools and the salt collected.

The bhajan on this soundtrack was recorded at the Sambhar Lake ashram in 1996.